November 23, 2012 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – “You’re standing behind the wing next to the engine and the engine is in full afterburner, and you’re just like ‘Go, go, go,’ and it’s sucking the life out of you. It’s shooting out like a 12 to 15-foot straight flame and it feels like it’s sucking you in,” said Lance Cpl. Nicholas Levins, an F/A-18 MORE
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November 19, 2012 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Being passionate about a job makes working that much easier. For Sgt. Anthony Clement, collateral duty quality assurance representative for the avionics shop with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, and a San Diego native, his job is worth working. Clement inspects the work performed on a MORE
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November 15, 2012 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marine Corps Air Station Miramar’s Food Locker, sponsored by the Navy Wives Clubs of America, arranged 800 baskets of meals to distribute to families for Thanksgiving, Nov. 15. Married service members with a child older than 2 years old qualify for the Thanksgiving baskets. However, starting MORE
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November 10, 2012 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – The Marine Corps has many different traditions, whether it is service wide like the birthday cake-cutting ceremony or a unit based birthday run like the Marines with Marine Wing Communication Squadron 38 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 9. In the halls of the squadron, a trophy case MORE
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November 09, 2012 — The Marine Corps celebrated its 237th year of existence Nov. 10, and Marines all over the globe honored those years of service with Marine Corps birthday balls and traditional cake cutting ceremonies.These celebrations remind every Marine of the sacrifices made by their brothers and sisters before them, and how the Corps became the organization it MORE
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November 07, 2012 — SAN DIEGO – Volunteers with the Single Marine Program aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., visited Miller Elementary School for an educational physical fitness challenge Nov. 7. During fitness challenges, SMP volunteers attend a school in the San Diego area and take kids through a series of activities such as mock combat MORE
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November 06, 2012 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Four months ago, the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Falcons played their first game and sadly lost by only two points. Now, the Falcons are on their way to the top with their eighth straight win. Although the Falcons lost the season’s first game to the 11th Marine Regiment Cannon Cockers, they made a MORE
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November 05, 2012 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps unveiled a restored F/A-18 Hornet in dedication to recent Medal of Honor recipients during a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 2. It took nearly two months of planning for Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 MORE
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November 02, 2012 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 “Red Lions”, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, began training for the first time aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 1. The Red Lions recently arrived aboard MCAS Miramar after departing their previous home in Hawaii and transitioning from CH-53E Super MORE
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November 01, 2012 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – As MV-22B Ospreys land with rotors tilted upward, pilots cannot see the rear, sides or beneath the aircraft. Crew chiefs watch the surroundings of the Osprey and alert the pilots by looking out of side and rear hatches. Crew chiefs control anything that happens outside of the cockpit, such as maintenance MORE
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